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Oedipus the King

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Greek tragedy by Sophocles

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The Oresteia Trilogy

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Greek tragedies by Aeschylus

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Oedipus at Colonus

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Greek tragedy by Sophocles

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Antigone

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Greek tragedy by Sophocles

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Medea

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Greek tragedy by Euripides

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The Clouds

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Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes

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The Frogs

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Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes

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The Birds

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Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes

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Lysistrata

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Greek ‘Old Comedy’ by Aristophanes

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Dyskolos, or ”The Grouch”

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Greek ‘New Comedy’ by Menander

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The Menaechmi

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Roman ‘Bawdy’ Comedy by Plautus

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Quem-Quaeritis

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Liturgical drama from an unknown playwright in the Early Middle Ages

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Ars Poetica

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Roman Critical Analysis of Theatre Structure by Horace
Tragedies: nobility falls, ends sadly
Comedies: common person rises, ends happily

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De Spectaculis

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Roman Imperial Anti-Theatre Writing by Tertullian
“Actors are liars, and plays are centered around Pagan gods, so playgoing is immoral”; had a strong influence on the church

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Dulcitius (The Martyrdom of the Holy Virgins Agape, Chionia, and Hirena)

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Early Middle Ages Comedy by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim

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Abraham & Isaac

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Late Middle Ages Corpus Christi Play by the ‘Wakefield Master’

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Everyman

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Late Middle Ages allegorical Morality Play by an unknown playwright

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The Mahabharata and The Ramayana

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Indian oral epics that were the foundations of most Sanskrit Dramas

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Nātyaśāstra

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Indian writing by Bharata Muni that describes how Sanskrit theatre should be performed

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Atsumori

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Japanese Noh Drama by Zeami Motokiyo

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The Divine Comedy

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Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri; considered to be one of the greatest works of world literature

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De Architectra

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Roman writing by Vitruvius that describes structure and content of theatre

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Hamlet

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Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy by William Shakespeare

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The Spanish Tragedy (Hieronimo is Mad Again)

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Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy by Thomas Kid

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Thérese Raquin

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French Naturalist drama by Emile Zola

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Peer Gynt

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Norwegian dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen

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A Doll’s House

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Norwegian Realistic drama by Henrik Ibsen

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Ghosts

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Norwegian Realistic drama by Henrik Ibsen

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Hedda Gabler

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Norwegian Realistic drama by Henrik Ibsen

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Miss Julie

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Swedish Realistic drama by August Strindberg

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A Dream Play

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Swedish Realistic drama by August Strindberg

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Ghost Sonata

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Swedish Realistic drama by August Strindberg

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The Sea Gull

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Russian Modernist drama by Anton Pavlovian Chekhov

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The Importance of Being Earnest

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Irish satirical comedy by Oscar Wilde

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Machinal

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American Expressionist tragedy by Sophie Treadwell

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Dada Manifestos

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Swiss writings by Tristan Tzara which outlined the origins of the Dada movement

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Antigone (1922)

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French Surrealist drama by Jean Cocteau

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Orpheus

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French Surrealist drama by Jean Cocteau

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Trifles

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American Realistic drama by Susan Glaspell

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Ur-Hamlet

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(Potentially) Elizabethan tragedy by Thomas Kid

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Doctor Faustus

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Elizabethan drama by Christopher “Kit” Marlowe

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Edward II

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Elizabethan drama by Christopher “Kit” Marlowe

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Amleth

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Medieval Scandinavian legend that was a big inspiration for Hamlet

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Phaedra

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French Neoclassical drama by Jean Rancine

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Tartuffe

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French Neoclassical comedy by Molière

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Fuente Ovejuna (The Sheep Will)

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Autos Sacramentale drama by Lope de Vega

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Life is a Dream

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Autos Sacramentale drama by Calderón

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The Rover (The Banished Cavilers)

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English Restorationist drama by Aphra Behn

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Faust

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German Sturm und Drang by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The Robbers

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German Sturm und Drang by Friedrich Schiller

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Waiting for Godot

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Irish Absurdist drama by Samuel Beckett

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Le Cid

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French Neoclassical drama by Jean Racine

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HMS Pinafore

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The Pirates of Penzance

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The Mikado

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Of Thee I Sing

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American Musical by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

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South Pacific

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American Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein

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The King and I

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American Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein

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The Sound of Music

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American Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein

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Oklahoma!

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American Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein (first collaboration between the two)

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Annie Get Your Gun

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1940s Musical by Irving Berlin

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Guys and Dolls

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1950s Musical by Frank Loesser

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My Fair Lady

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1950s Musical by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe

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West Side Story

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1950s Musical by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbin’s

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Fiddler on the Roof

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1960s Musical by Jerome Robbins

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Hair

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1960s Musical by Galt MacDermot & Gerome Ragni

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A Chorus Line

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1970s Musical by Michael Bennett & Marvin Hamlisch

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Jesus Christ Superstar

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1970s British Musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

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Evita

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1970s British Musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

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Cats

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1980s British Musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Phantom of the Opera

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1980s British Musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Les Misérables

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1980s British Musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

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Miss Saigon

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1980s British Musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

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Rent

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1990s Musical by Jonathan Larson

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The Lion King

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1990s Musical by Julie Taymor

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Wicked

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2000s Musical by Stephen Schwartz

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